Writing, Acting and Business Resume

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ACTING HIGHLIGHTS – Theatre

How Now, Dow Jones – September, 1968 – June, 1969 – Lunt Fontanne Theatre – Broadway – George Abbott, director

The Lunch Girls – December, 1977 – Long Wharf Theatre – New Haven, CT – Arvin Brown, director

Hedda Gabler – September, 1981 – Hartman Theatre, Stanford, CT – Ed Sherin, director

Madonna of the Power Room – January, 1983 – Portland Stage Co., Barbara Rosoff, director

‘Night, Mother – December, 1985 – Actors’ Theatre of Louisville – Louisville, KY – Kathy Bates, director

Stitchers and Starlight Talkers – November, 1986 – Yale Repertory – New Haven, CT – Bill Partlan, director

52nd Street Project – 1988 – 1991 – Company Member – performing and writing with children – Off Off Broadway

 Wow Café – 1989 – 1991 – Company Member – performance art – Off and Off Off Broadway

Taken in Marriage – October, 1990 – Pearl Theatre – Off Broadway – Elinor Renfield, director

Walking the Blonde – 1991 – Circle Repertory Theatre – Off Broadway – Paul Benedict, director

Romeo and Juliet – March, 1993 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Hollywood Actor’s Theatre – Hollywood – Lisa Wolpe, director

 Muse of Fire – October, 1993 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Coronet Theatre – Los Angeles – Lisa Wolpe, director –

Othello – June, 1994 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Odyssey Theatre – Los Angeles – Lisa Wolpe, director

Fragile Fire – December, 1994 – Bing Theatre – Los Angeles – Paul Winfield, director

The Dybbuk – November, 1996 – Wilton Project – Gascon Theatre – Los Angeles – Charlie Stratton, director

Measure for Measure – May, 1997 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Gascon Theatre – Los Angeles – Tina Packer, director

ACTING HIGHLIGHTS – Film and Television

1970 to present – countless television commercials

Adam’s Rib – 1974 – Peter Hunt, director

A Little Sex – 1976 – Bruce Paltrow, director

I Never Promised You a Rosegarden – 1977 – Anthony Paige, director

 Reds – 1981 – Warren Beatty, director

St. Elsewhere – 1984 – Mark Tinker, director

Homefront – 1992 – Lorraine Ferrara, director

LA Law – 1992 – Mike Fresco, director

Indictment: The McMartin Trial – 1995 – Mick Jackson, director

Once and Again – 2000 – Dan Lerner, director

Judging Amy – 2002 – James Frawley, director

West Wing – 2002 – Chris Misiano, director

Romy and Michele: Behind the Velvet Rope – 2003 – Robin Schiff, director

WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Full Length Plays

The Lunch Girls – Nov. 17, 1977 – World Premiere Production – Long Wharf Theatre – Arvin Brown, director – 1978 – Finalist for Susan Smith Blackburn Award – 1978 – Published by Samuel French – July, 1982 – West Coast Premiere – Ensemble Studio Theatre – Los Angeles – Donald Petrie, director – October, 1984 – Grove Street Theatre – New York City – Stuart Ross, director

Alterations – December 4, 1981 – World Premiere Production – Portland Stage Co., Portland, ME – Barbara Rosoff, director – January 3, 1984 – Whole Theatre Company – Montclair, NJ – Olympia Dukakis and Tom Brennan, directors – October 15, 1986 – WPA Theatre – New York City – Austin Pendleton, director – 1987 – Published by Samuel French

Walking the Blonde – March 30, 1989 – World Premiere Production – Circle Repertory Theatre – New York City – Paul Benedict, director – April 6, 1981 – The Barrow Group – La Mama – New York City – Leonard Foglia, director – September 7, 1995 – West Coast Premiere – Theatre Geo – Los Angeles – Linda Carlson, director

WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – One-Acts

Useful Trash – August, 1989 – Ensemble Studio Theatre – New York City – Paul McCrane, director – July, 1992 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director

Michele Hammer, Girl Detective – August, 1990 – Ensemble Studio Theatre – New York City – Leigh Curran, director

The Red Thing That Pumps – November, 1991 – Samuel Beckett Theatre – New York City – Leigh Curran, director

Connecting the Dots – April, 1992 – Highways Performance Space – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director

Pressed Against Strangers – August, 1993 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director – September, 1994 – Highways Performance Space – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director – June, 1997 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director – October, 2002 – Miles Playhouse – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director – March, 2004 – Bergamot Station – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director

Red Lipstick – August, 1996 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director

When Things Were Good Again, July, 2012 – Rosenthal Theatre – Los Angeles – Jayne Amelia Larson, director

WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Television

 The Paper Chase – 1982 or so – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – 20th Century Fox

St. Elsewhere – 1983 or so – Remission – MTM Entertainment

WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Novels

Going Nowhere Sideways – May, 1999 – published by Fithian Press

WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Poetry

The Grapevine – November, 1996 – chapbook published by Wine Press

Accidental Seedlings – March, 1997 – chapbook published by Wine Press

Solitary Madness – June, 1997

All You Can Eat – December, 1997 – chapbook published by Wine Press

Slant: A Journal for Poetry, Onthebus, Rattle, The Bark & Spillway Magazines – 1997 – 2000 – all magazines published individual poems

The Junkyard –May 1, ’00 – an on-line e-zine that published individual poems

Spark Off Rose – 2012-2013 – Regular contributor to popular story telling series

Member of LA Poets and Writers Collective -1996 to present

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Virginia Avenue Project – 1991 to 2013 – Founder/Artistic Director

The Virginia Avenue Project is a nonprofit that uses the performing arts to help young people think creatively, critically and confidently about what they want to do with their lives.

Experience in fundraising, theatre production, teaching playwriting, poetry and creative dramatics, working with children, organizing volunteers, communicating with parents and schools, hiring and interacting with staff and generally growing the organization.

Board Member 1992–1999 and 2001 to present

AWARDS AND HONORS

Finalist for Susan Smith Blackburn Playwriting Award for The Lunch Girls – June, 1978

Sister Celebration Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children in Los Angeles Community – July, 2001

Virginia Avenue Project Community Outreach Award – October, 2002

Community Bridge Award from Cornerstone Theatre Company – May, 2007

Local Hero Award from Agape International Spiritual Center – March, 2008

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